Despite its current woes, Toyota reported a net income of $1.2 billion for the first quarter of 2010.

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About a billion tyres a year are produced across the world.

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On average, a British car is driven for less than an hour a day but costs about £5,500 a year to own.

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In most years since 1960 some 7 to 8% of driving-age Americans bought a car. In 2009, only 4% did.

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Volvo lost $1.3 billion and sold only 335,000 cars in 2009.

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One in every 6 BMWs sold is a MINI.

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Ferrari produced around 7,000 cars in 2009.

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Hummer drivers pick up 5 times as many traffic tickets as the average motorist.

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In 1900, about 28 percent of the 4,000 plus cars produced in America ran on electricity.

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In the year ending March 2009, Toyota made a net loss of ¥ 437 billion ($4.3 billion) - its first since 1950.

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At 0.2% of GDP, Germany's 2009 'cash-for-clunkers' stimulus programme cost more, relative to the size of the economy, than that of any other country.

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Every month more than 60,000 OnStar subscribers in the US ask for the doors of their cars to be unlocked remotely, because they have locked themselves out.

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Emerging markets account for more than a third of the world's rich but only about 15% of luxury car sales.

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In India, nearly half the traffic runs on just 2% of the country's roads.

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Asia is home to nearly 80% of the world's 315 million motorcycles.

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Car ownership in most of western Europe is over 500 per 1000 people. In America, it is 800 per 1000 people.

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Lego is the world's largest manufacturer of tyres - making upwards of 300 million tiny rubber tyres every year.

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Only 22% of the cars produced in Britain are sold there and 14% of those bought in Britain are made there.

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14% of Rolls-Royce owners also own a private jet.

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In Western Europe, 80% of car journeys are below 60 km, and 20% of cars - about 20 million vehicles - never go any further.

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